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Harris on reparations

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  • CopperC Offline
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    #9

    I want the contract to figure out who gets paid and how much.

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    • George KG George K

      Oh, and where's the evidence that "reparations" will do anything positive for the society that gets them?

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      @George-K said in Harris on reparations:

      Oh, and where's the evidence that "reparations" will do anything positive for the society that gets them?

      Yup. I agree. (Though I suppose that the counter argument would be that any benefit would take a generation or two to show up.)

      @Copper said in Harris on reparations:

      I want the contract to figure out who gets paid and how much.

      I will be your assistant. That would be a job that would basically last forever.

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      • MikM Mik

        Silly Lufin. She's not white, which will be the criteria.

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        @Mik said in Harris on reparations:

        Silly Lufin. She's not white, which will be the criteria.

        I mean, she's kind of white. Her (Indian) heritage is closer to the Caucasus mountains more than anyone. Plus Irish...

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        • 89th8 89th

          @Mik said in Harris on reparations:

          Silly Lufin. She's not white, which will be the criteria.

          I mean, she's kind of white. Her (Indian) heritage is closer to the Caucasus mountains more than anyone. Plus Irish...

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          #12

          @89th Beating a dead DEI horse.

          “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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            I’ve never seen a reparations proposal where a subset of society pays. It’s always the government.

            "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
            -Cormac McCarthy

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            • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

              I’ve never seen a reparations proposal where a subset of society pays. It’s always the government.

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              George K
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              @jon-nyc said in Harris on reparations:

              It’s always the government.

              So everyone pays.

              "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

              The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                The ironic thing is that the modal African American, at least barring 20th and 21st C immigrants, is directly descended from a slave owner or overseer while the modal white American isn’t.

                "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
                -Cormac McCarthy

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                • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

                  The ironic thing is that the modal African American, at least barring 20th and 21st C immigrants, is directly descended from a slave owner or overseer while the modal white American isn’t.

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                  @jon-nyc said in Harris on reparations:

                  The ironic thing is that the modal African American, at least barring 20th and 21st C immigrants, is directly descended from a slave owner or overseer while the modal white American isn’t.

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                  "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                  The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                  • Doctor PhibesD Offline
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                    Most of the people living in Yorkshire consider themselves to be directly descended from Jesus Christ. If they start asking for reparations, we're screwed.

                    I was only joking

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                    • RenaudaR Offline
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                      Not true. Only Edward III like just about everyone else in the civilised world.

                      Elbows up!

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                      • RenaudaR Renauda

                        Not true. Only Edward III like just about everyone else in the civilised world.

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                        @Renauda said in Harris on reparations:

                        Not true. Only Edward III like just about everyone else in the civilised world.

                        They differ from the people born in Lancashire, since Yorkshiremen only think they're descended from Christ.

                        I was only joking

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                          😆

                          Elbows up!

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